Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

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Duration:
120 min
Genres:
Documentary | History
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2007-08-16
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert Altman
Himself
Vera Carlisle Anderson
Herself (as Vera Anderson)
C.L. Batten
Himself
Jacqueline Bisset
Herself
Ernest Borgnine
Himself (archive footage)
Charles Champlin
Himself
David Chasman
Himself
Stuart Cooper
Himself
F.X. Feeney
Himself
James B. Harris
Himself
Jerry Harvey
Himself (archive footage)
William Holden
Himself (archive footage)
Don Hyde
Himself
Henry Jaglom
Himself
Jim Jarmusch
Himself
Charles H. Joffe
Himself
Kris Kristofferson
Himself
John McNally
Himself (Interviewer) (voice)
Bill Mechanic
Himself
Ned Nalle
Himself
Alexander Payne
Himself
Sam Peckinpah
Himself (archive footage)
Doreen Ringer Ross
Herself
Chuck Ross
Himself
Andrei Rublev
Himself
Alan Rudolph
Himself
Theresa Russell
Herself
Timothy Ryerson
Himself
Jeff Schwager
Himself
Penelope Spheeris
Herself
Bob Strock
Himself
Quentin Tarantino
Himself
Kevin Thomas
Himself
Jonathan Turell
Himself
Douglas Venturelli
Himself
Paul Verhoeven
Himself
James Woods
Himself
Vilmos Zsigmond
Himself
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Trivia
This film was made only after the financing for another film project, a fiction film, partially collapsed.
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Quotes
Jerry Harvey: [when asked in the 1980s about the secret of Z Channel's success] I don't know. If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret.
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F.X. Feeney: Z Channel had what they call a "zero churn rate" which means that nobody would cancel the service.
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Penelope Spheeris: The "Decline of Western Civilization" was financed by two businessmen from the Valley who wanted to finance a porn movie. They had no idea I was going in to pitch a punk rock movie.
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